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[Cybergoth]

Hi there!

"When we look ahead to 2011, we see [...] more great Wii games that need to be seen to be believed." - Reggie Fils-Aime

Actually, he didn't even lie - we didn't see any of those games, so no need to believe...

[TwinChargers]

This last few months has been brutal for someone that only owns a Wii this generation. I somewhat understand killing off a system once a new one comes around, but killing the system over a year before the new one is released is foolish. Third party developers outside of shovelware aren't touching the system either. You would have thought Nintendo would have really opened the floodgates of its Selects line of games just to get a bit more money in at this down time for the console. What a sad end to one of the best selling systems of all time.

[HatNJ]

From reading Nintendo Power even the Virtual Console has seen little releases 2 or 3 in latest issue and Wiiware titles are dwindling
Shame its still a good little system but the 3DS seems to be their baby now and I've read the other threads will you buy one or not etc and no if they are dropping the wii into a slow death why support the next thing they will kill off early

thank god for the homebrew channel to keep my wii useful and wife for buying me a PS3 recently

Was hoping for a new Animal Crossing the one game my wife and I both like but again the 3DS gets it or is

[Austin]

60+ million systems sold and you'd think they would continue to support it with greater effort.. at least a little bit longer, anyway.

Edited by Austin, Fri Aug 19, 2011 8:19 PM.

[Cybergoth]

TwinChargers, on Fri Aug 19, 2011 7:07 PM, said:

This last few months has been brutal for someone that only owns a Wii this generation.

I saw it coming and had my wife getting me a PS3 last christmas. Still I'm angry enough to probably not buy anything Nintendo for the next three generations...

[HatNJ]

just re read Nintendo Power Aug 2011 ony 3 Wii Ware titles and 1 Virtual console release most of the issue is 3DS seems the Wii is getting left behind and the WiiU well is still a ways off My opinion is Nintendo is leaning more to being a handheld company with the console part being a minor market.

Also seems the homebrew community is supporting the Wii more than the company that made it

[KrazyKaiju]

HatNJ, on Sun Aug 21, 2011 11:08 AM, said:

Also seems the homebrew community is supporting the Wii more than the company that made it

Even Hombrew is winding down. Tantric's emulators still get regular updates, but most everything else (not warez related) seems to have stalled after 2010.

[atarian63]

still happy with mine, it gets the most play. There are tons of games I have not bought yet,probably take me years to get all I want, so not really a problem for me. Does seem kind of stupid on the part of software manufactures. Installed base is really what counts.

[Necron99]

Cybergoth, on Sat Aug 20, 2011 12:35 AM, said:

TwinChargers, on Fri Aug 19, 2011 7:07 PM, said:

This last few months has been brutal for someone that only owns a Wii this generation.

I saw it coming and had my wife getting me a PS3 last christmas. Still I'm angry enough to probably not buy anything Nintendo for the next three generations...

ditto

[Emehr]

If there's any bright spot to all this, it gives some of us time to acquire and catch up on some games without the ole "holding out until something better comes along". It still sucks that the Wii never lived up to its potential. Since the console was announced I thought for sure we'd see a 1:1 lightsaber game. Especially since the Motion+ came out. Lots of wasted tech there. Maybe there's still hope for Skyward Sword. That's about the only new game I'm looking forward too.

[Chuck D. Head]

What a shame; with most systems you see some of the best games, ones that push the system, come out in the last year or so of the systems life.

[Lord Helmet]

KrazyKaiju, on Thu Sep 8, 2011 8:05 PM, said:

HatNJ, on Sun Aug 21, 2011 11:08 AM, said:

Also seems the homebrew community is supporting the Wii more than the company that made it

Even Hombrew is winding down. Tantric's emulators still get regular updates, but most everything else (not warez related) seems to have stalled after 2010.

I'm really hoping Wii2600 gets one more update.